Urban Homestead - A New Journey
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Urban Homestead - A New Journey

Over the next weeks we will look at the book “The Urban Homestead” by Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen. Many people have been spending and more time at home over the last year or so. For many this has been extremely difficult and isolating, for some it has led for a shift of focus to our homes and gardens for others it has been both.

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Theory into Practice - How to remember more
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Theory into Practice - How to remember more

So we have learned about how we have learnt about memory. New technology that has improved how we can ‘see’ our brain at work. we will explore how to use this knowledge to improve our memory in everyday life. We will look at techniques to better encode information and increase our chances to recall and remember information later.

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9 Steps to Getting the Benefits of Nature in our Homes - A summary of Biophilia by Sally Coulthard
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9 Steps to Getting the Benefits of Nature in our Homes - A summary of Biophilia by Sally Coulthard

We have reached the end of the book Biophilia by Sally Coulthard so let’s recap. Biophilia, or more specifically Biophilic Design, looks to incorporate the benefits of being in nature into our homes and workplaces to help. Here are some 9-steps Coulthard suggests to do this.

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Meanings for Memory – Have you been Paying Attention?

Meanings for Memory – Have you been Paying Attention?

There is a common myth that we absorb everything around us, like a GoPro always recording. Then when we forget things, it is because we lost the file. But that is only part of the story. Where it comes apart is that we don’t actually absorb everything. For us to commit something to memory, we need to pay attention to it.

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